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The Rise of the Ransomware – Police Virus Reloaded

04

Jul

2012

Some of you probably remember this article where I described the huge increase of attacks seen in some countries by malware that was posing as different law enforcement agencies. This kind of malware is called “Police Virus” due to this, and its main purpose (as usual with malware) is to steal money from the users. […]

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Jumping in to the Flames of SkyWiper

30

May

2012

There has been quite a bit of analysis and speculation about the Flamer/SkyWiper threat. As we started to analyze this threat we instantly knew from the very beginning that this is going to be a giant undertaking and potentially very long term. We wanted to pause to help the people we protect visualize the kind […]

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Will the PIN hacks be the end of Google Wallet?

15

Feb

2012

Last week researchers found vulnerabilities in the Google Wallet payment system. The first vulnerability was found by Zvelo, which required root access. Rooting devices has become just short of trivial at this point with the avaibility of “one-click root” applications for most platforms. The vulnerability was leveraged to display the current PIN number. The very […]

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